@FionaMattatall Every Sat morning when I was a kid, after grocery shopping, we’d go to the candy counter at Sears - and I’d always get 1/4 pound of floral gums in
To fix the #FamilyDoctorShortage...
how many
family doctors
do we need?
The math should be simple, right?
A 🧵 to explain
why we need a whole
new math equation
to actually
fix the problem of
equitable access to
🇨🇦primary care
1/
A little bit of joyful emotion at the very staid Human Rights Council, as the UN for the first time recognizes the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment! (Mask was only off for a moment!)
Do you have a family physician colleague who has gone above and beyond this year? Nominate them for a College Coin or Exceptional Teacher Honour! You'll be entered into a prize draw to win a gift basket. Deadline December 1. https://t.co/zkwyLyt8Zi
Clinical courage is a concept that #ruralgeneralist docs talk about for which there is little published. Here's what an international group rural physicians contributed to our understanding. https://t.co/IS0qXQLwDp @iandcouper@RaatusRuth D.Campbell L.Grave E.Cockburn L.Walters
Wow! 63 cents on the dollar for women specialist physicians - shocking! #genderpaygap 🇨🇦 Look at these gaps for women physicians in pay and in leadership. #EDI Presentation by financial expert, Ingrid Macintosh, at @cwimconference. @drlesleybarron@DrIvyBourgeault
Family docs have a role to play in addressing the systemic inequities in social inclusion, personal health, and access to and quality of health and social services that affect Indigenous people and people of colour every day. https://t.co/vZmk41Wiqk
@lesliemcewan@Fluevog Alas - no. But I’ve been coveting some others for a while -I will donate to the foodbank - and sleep on my selection Lyra? Petrella? they’ll be my own little tribute to Dr H.
BC Medical Students would like to offer our help to BC's Physicians during the #COVID19 outbreak. Please share our central intake form for requests and distribute amongst your colleagues!
https://t.co/5wcwOEBEK5
@DoctorsofBC @ubcmedicine @ubcmeds@ubcprez@CMA_Docs cont.
We’re bringing awareness to the value of having an ongoing relationship with a family doctor, and advocating for the close to 700,000 British Columbians without access to a family doctor. Watch and share our PSA https://t.co/g96Co95FZQ
https://t.co/I0GNUL2fBX